Table 3 Recruitment through publications and ILAE website
Procedures | Total of invitations sent | |
|---|---|---|
Corresponding authors in clinical neurological research | • Pubmed search using ((neurolog*[Title]) AND clinic*[Title/Abstract]) AND patients[Title/Abstract], for the years 2012–2014, humans (excluding animals) • 697 publications identified • Identification of corresponding authors and email addresses • Personalized invitations + 2 reminders sent from October 2014 to February 11 2015 | 581 (all continents represented) |
Epileptologists registered on ILAE website | • Identification of ILAE members • Personalized invitations + 2 reminders sent from February 9th to March 19 2015 | 260 (all continents represented) |
TOTAL: 841 |